I do not write like most men
because I am not most men.
I am under no moral obligation
to write like most men.
Yes, I know men well.
I don’t think anybody doesn’t.
They are not always chatty
but they write the stories.
I write my own stories.
I do not write like most men.
I drink more whiskey & more,
and pull at my lone chin hair.
This is what a small beard might be like.
I have no idea what war must be like.
Plenty of people do know.
I, haughty and American
do not write like men write
but war is knocking on my door.